Tablets & Notebooks – Things I have learned
I have bought and used lots of notebooks for over 15 years and many tablets in the last 4 years. This is what I have learned. Size and weight matter. Tablets smaller than 8″ do not make sense for me. A...
View ArticleDear Internet, Stop trying to guess what I want – Part 2
I wrote the original text and posted it to Google + about three years ago. Some things have changed: Mobile websites usually don’t look so ugly anymore. More websites let me choose the language or the...
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Mad Balloonz (Pick of the week)
A group of developers that I know have released a fun multiplatform game. Mad Balloonz follows the tried and true formula of “easy to learn, hard to master “. The concept can easily be explained in...
View ArticleTekThing (Pick of the week)
TekThing is a weekly (ca. 30 min) Video Show about technology and YouTube channel. It features tech news, reviews, interviews, help and how-to segments, with an emphasis on viewer questions. TekThing...
View ArticleMartin’s History launched
I have just launched my new project: Martin’s History – a blog for people who love history. Check it out. I had a lot of fun setting up the website and hopefully people who enjoy history will like it...
View ArticleDaily Tech News Show (Pick of the week)
I have followed and enjoyed Tom Merrits work as a tech journalist and podcaster for many years. First at cnet (Buzz Out Loud, Top 5, etc) and then at twit where he created the award winning Tech News...
View ArticleCrash Course Astronomy (Pick of the week)
I have always been fascinated by astronomy and was excited when Crash Course announced their astronomy course. So far 15 episodes (each about 10 minutes long) have been released and I like them a lot....
View ArticleBlood Moon (Lunar Eclipse 2015)
I was up very early (or very late) this morning to take some pictures of the lunar eclipse. It was actually harder than I had expected to get the blood moon into focus with the full zoom of my 300mm...
View ArticleThe World in Words (Pick of the week)
My pick of the week is The World in Words. A podcast about languages and the people who speak them, hosted by Patrick Cox. If you are interested in languages around the world or linguistics, give this...
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Today I die: The End of 32-bit & the Struggle to Preserve Digital History
“Today is a good day to die” – If you have ever watched Star Trek The Next Generation or DS9 you will have surely heard this Klingon saying. While it is debatable if there ever is a good day to die,...
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